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Now you can draw from the millions of digital items available in the Library of Congress American Memory Collection to enhance your classroom lessons. This book shows you how to effectively use the vast American Memory Collections in all types of coursework to enhance your instructional program. Lessons are organized alphabetically;

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Now you can draw from the millions of digital items available in the Library of Congress American Memory Collection to enhance your classroom lessons. This book shows you how to effectively use the vast American Memory Collections in all types of coursework to enhance your instructional program. Lessons are organized alphabetically;

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Teachers cannot teach what they do not know. This country has tolerated a weak licensing system for prospective teachers for decades. This weak system has been accompanied by an increasingly emptier curriculum for most students, depriving them of the knowledge and skills neede...

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Teachers cannot teach what they do not know. This country has tolerated a weak licensing system for prospective teachers for decades. This weak system has been accompanied by an increasingly emptier curriculum for most students, depriving them of the knowledge and skills neede...

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Covers definitions of educational assessment and the part it plays in relation to individuals and society. This book also covers the advent of assessment as a policy tool with league tables and targets underpinning the overwhelming impact of accountability requirements. It is useful for those seeking a non-technical introduction to assessment.

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This book on assessing writing is designed for teachers, school leaders, and evaluators. It begins with a collection of assessment practices that will increase teachers' efficiency and effectiveness as they guide students in learning how to think and write successfully.

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This book presents a powerful call to action for an assessment system that advances equity and offers educators practical applications that promote sound instructional decision making.

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This book covers the reason why teachers should assess in an ongoing fashion. It also provides a clear structure for designing and analyzing meaningful formative assessments. In addition, it guides the teacher in the development of differentiated activities for every level of ...

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This book covers the reason why teachers should assess in an ongoing fashion. It also provides a clear structure for designing and analyzing meaningful formative assessments. In addition, it guides the teacher in the development of differentiated activities for every level of ...

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As part of the American school reform movement, administrators are searching for ways of measuring students' skills and progress within the system. The authors propose a new compact among teachers and students as they take mutual responsibility for the learning process and changing curriculum.

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As part of the American school reform movement, administrators are searching for ways of measuring students' skills and progress within the system. The authors propose a new compact among teachers and students as they take mutual responsibility for the learning process and changing curriculum.

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Assessment can be the hardest part of any teacher's job. It is easy to fall into the trap of seeing it all as unnecessary paperwork and feeling guilty about not having done it properly. This book offers practical advice on how teachers can get the most out of assessment for their students.

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This book addresses concrete strategies to help principals, teacher educators and mentors give constructive feedback on lesson plans that can impact teachers content, pedagogy or classroom management.

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This book addresses concrete strategies to help principals, teacher educators and mentors give constructive feedback on lesson plans that can impact teachers content, pedagogy or classroom management.

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Writing assessment programs help place entering and mid-career students in composition courses at the appropriate level, monitor the progress of those students, and assist in placing them in writing courses throughout their undergraduate careers.

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Writing assessment programs help place entering and mid-career students in composition courses at the appropriate level, monitor the progress of those students, and assist in placing them in writing courses throughout their undergraduate careers.

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Over 550 reproducible bookmarks for grades 4-6, filled with fun facts and trivia

Bookmarks are easy to reproduce and cut apart for your students

Use bookmarks to reinforce concepts, to motivate students to learn, or as rewards

Blank bookmarks are included-students can design their own and trade

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Celebrating Intellectual Curiosity: Kindergarten Through College Scholarship and Research broadens the perspective on academic pursuits, using vignettes and stories to establish the complexities and utility of varying forms of research. Criteria are identified that fit the respective approaches.

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Celebrating Intellectual Curiosity: Kindergarten Through College Scholarship and Research broadens the perspective on academic pursuits, using vignettes and stories to establish the complexities and utility of varying forms of research. Criteria are identified that fit the respective approaches.

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The increasing reliance of our educational system on standardized tests has precipitated a national debate. This book makes a scholarly contribution to the debate by using the methods of discourse analysis to examine not only representative material from reading tests but also children's responses to it.